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Investment Executive: Cyber risk and digital resilience will top the European securities regulators’ compliance priorities in 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said.
ESG Today: Sustainability-focused investment manager Mirova announced that it has reached €1.2 billion (USD$1.4 billion) in commitments at the second close of Mirova Energy Transition 6 (MET6), the sixth vintage of its flagship energy transition investment strategy.
Forbes: In global markets, few themes have generated as much capital, and controversy, as environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Hedge funds, once among its loudest skeptics, are now some of its most vocal champions.
ESG Today: Lawmakers in the European Parliament rejected a compromise agreement on forming its negotiating position on the EU Commission’s Omnibus I, which would have seen more significant reductions in the EU’s sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations than those proposed by the Commission, but less than those proposed by right-wing parties.
ESG Dive: The report assessed exposure to key climate hazards, including hurricanes, flooding, heatwaves, water stress, and wildfires, across 4,416 regions in the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Turkey.
ESG News: France’s newly appointed development minister, Eleonore Caroit, has pledged that Paris will continue to defend the World Bank’s climate finance mandate against U.S. efforts to roll it back.
Yahoo News: Global investors managing over $3 trillion in assets called on governments to stop and reverse deforestation and ecosystem degradation by 2030, in a statement signed ahead of a U.N. climate conference in Brazil next month.
ESG Dive: The Fed, FDIC and OCC said their existing standards require supervised financial institutions to have an effective risk management process in place that is on par with the “size, complexity, and risk of their activities.”
Funds Europe: If the perceived decline of ESG funds is to be reversed, asset managers need to increase their engagement with their portfolio companies.
ESG Today: Global private capital investment firm Carlyle’s private equity business unit Carlyle AlpInvest announced the launch of a new co-investment partnership with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S., targeting joint investments in climate solutions.
ESG Dive: The offtake agreement builds on Barclays’ broader climate goals, which include a commitment to allocate $1 trillion in sustainable and transition financing by 2030.
Wealth Professional: With the Trump administration having fuelled a significant pullback in investment in ESG initiatives in the US, which has spilled over into Canadian and other international markets, some would consider that this is a barren land for advisory business.
MSN/Reuters: The European Union will double down on its support for reforming global development banks to do more to fight climate change, a draft EU document showed, a stance that puts Brussels at odds with the U.S. ahead of World Bank and IMF meetings this month.
ESG News: The European Commission has delayed the rollout of sustainability reporting standards for large non-EU companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as part of a broader effort to reduce regulatory complexity and administrative costs across the bloc.
Financial Post: Billionaire Ray Dalio’s philanthropic arm is backing new research in the Indian Ocean to bolster marine protection after nations pledged to curb exploitation of the deep seas.
GlobeNewswire: Brookfield announced the final institutional close for its flagship energy transition strategy, Brookfield Global Transition Fund II (“BGTF II” or “the Fund”), with $20 billion raised in fund commitments and strategic capital from a diverse range of existing and new investors.
ESG Dive: In a year marked by withdrawals from global climate agreements, funding suspensions for clean energy projects and other measures that reverse the United States’ federal climate policy, sustainable investors are trying to find a way forward with Republicans steering both Congress and the White House.
ESG Today: Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) announced today the issuance of a new guide aimed at helping companies navigate quality-related claims and avoid potential greenwashing in marketing about their products, services and their businesses.
City AM: The global Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) has announced it will cease operations following an exodus of its membership after President Donald Trump returned to power. In a statement, the group said following a vote it will transfer from a member-based alliance to establish its guidance as a framework.
Financial Post: A new wave of investors and private banking clients are increasingly demanding sustainable solutions for their portfolios, according to a UBS Group AG executive.
ESG Dive: The terms “climate change,” “ESG” and “sustainability” have become highly politicized terms in recent years, landing in the fine print of contentious lawsuits, state-led probes and federal deregulation.
ESG News: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has released its Green Bond Report 2025, providing a detailed account of how HK$240 billion (US$31 billion) in sovereign green bonds have been allocated to climate and environmental projects.
ESG Today: Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment manager for Norway’s $1.8 trillion oil fund announced a new agreement with Brookfield Asset Management, committing $1.5 billion to its latest energy transition fund, the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF II).
Yahoo Finance: The renewable energy industry has steadily improved its core human rights policies and practices, despite facing political and financial challenges, according to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre’s latest Renewable Energy and Human Rights Benchmark report.
Investing.com: Diginex Limited, a sustainability technology provider whose stock has surged nearly 1,500% year-to-date according to InvestingPro data, announced it has secured agreements with Indonesian tech firm PT.
ESG News: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has appointed Abigail Ng as its new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), effective 6 October 2025, marking a shift in how the city-state’s central bank embeds sustainability leadership within its financial governance.
ESG Today: A majority of companies subject to CSRD or ISSB disclosure requirements say that pressure from a variety of stakeholders including investors and customers to provide sustainability reporting and data has continued to increase over the past year, according to a new report by global professional services firm PwC.
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